Actor Harry Lennix reacted coyly to claims by Chicago radio host Eric ‘Mancow’ Muller that he trained Barack Obama to copy his mannerisms, denying the story as “hearsay,” yet cryptically adding, “you’d have to ask him.”

As we reported last week, Muller told the Alex Jones Show that Lennix – star of TV’s The Blacklist – reacted to seeing a cut out of Obama in Muller’s studio by proclaiming, “He mimicked me, he followed me for years, and they wanted me to train him and teach him how to act….like a an educated south side African-American.” Lennix added that he thought Obama was “very stupid” and had “been taught to act like this.”

Mancow’s producer Nathan also confirmed that he saw the conversation take place.

After an event at which Lennix appeared, a blogger asked the actor if the claims were true.

“Those are not my words,” said Lennix, who admitted he knew of the controversy, labeling the matter “hearsay.”

However, when asked, “Did Obama train to be like you or is that not true?,” Lennix coyly responded, “You’d have to ask him.”

“I knew him a long time….I have no idea what he did,” added Lennix, who was obviously being guarded with his words.

“I don’t like Barack Obama or his policies but I never said I trained him or anything of the kind,” added Lennix, who said he heard of the controversy surrounding the interview but not the interview itself.

Whereas Lennix was reportedly more candid with Muller – calling Obama a “rat bastard” – in the clip above he admits only to not being a supporter of the president.

Lennix’s body language and demeanor is remarkably similar to Barack Obama’s, which is why many have called[1] for Lennix to play the president in a biopic. The actor has also been pictured with Obama in numerous photos[2].

However, the fact that Lennix reportedly turned down such a role suggests that he is aware of the irony of playing a character who mimics his own behavior – meaning Lennix would essentially be playing himself.

Watch the original interview with ‘Mancow’ Muller below, during which he outlines what Lennix reportedly told him about training Obama to act presidential.